THE DOMESTIC REVOLUTION
Book ID/图书代码： 09220019C00038
English Summary/英文概要： A large black cast iron range glowing hot, the kettle steaming on top, provider of
everything from bath water and clean socks to morning tea: it’s a nostalgic icon of a
Victorian way of life. But it is far more than that. In this book, social historian and TV
presenter Ruth Goodman tells the story of how the development of the coal-fired domestic
range fundamentally changed not just our domestic comforts, but our world.
The revolution began as far back as the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, when London began
the switch from wood to coal as its domestic fuel – a full 200 years before any other city.
It would be this domestic demand for more coal that would lead to the expansion of
mining, engineering, construction and industry: the Domestic Revolution kick-started,
pushed and fuelled the Industrial Revolution.
There were other radical shifts. C oal cooking was to change not just how we cooked but
what we cooked (causing major swings in diet), how we washed (first our laundry and
then our bodies) and how we decorated (spurring the wallpaper industry). It also defined
the nature of women’s and men’s working lives, pushing women more firmly into the
domestic sphere. It transformed our landscape and environment (by the time of
Elizabeth’s death in 1603, London’s air was as polluted as that of modern Beijing). Even
tea drinking can be brought back to coal in the home, with all its ramifications for the
shape of the empire and modern world economics.
Taken together, these shifts in our day-to-day practices started something big, something
unprecedented, something that was exported across the globe and helped create the
world we live in today.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 你以為工業革命始自瓦特改良蒸汽機？
你在歷史課上學到的是這樣，對吧？
現在，英國最會說書的女性歷史學家露絲·古德曼（Ruth Goodman）將告訴你不（只）是這樣！
事實上，工業革命始自廚房中的家事革命，始自家用燃煤爐（coal-fired domestic ran）的誕生！沒想到對吧？
這個故事可以從伊麗莎白女王一世統治時期開始說起，當時，倫敦的家庭開始將日用燃料從木材轉換為煤，而這項轉變遠比所有其他城市早了整整兩百年！而正是這項家庭對煤碳的需求推動了採礦、工程技術發展、建設以及工業！家事革命啟動了工業革命！
當然，其他更劇烈的轉變接踵而來，燃煤爐的使用不僅改變了我們煮飯的方式，也改變了我們煮的東西！（這則導致了飲食的大幅變化！）、甚至也改變了人們洗東西的方式（先洗衣服然後才洗身體），以及我們裝潢的方式！（壁紙業大幅興起）。此外，它甚至也定義了女性與男性的工作內容，所謂的男主外、女主內在此時變得更加堅定，它也改變了我們的地景和環境，當伊莉莎白一世女王於1603年駕崩時，倫敦的空氣汙染堪比今日的北京！甚至英國的飲茶文化都可追溯到跟當時家裡的煤炭有關！而所有的這些最後就造就了大英帝國的興起及現代世界經濟的形成。
現在，想聽故事了嗎？讓我們回到一開始最初的維多利亞時代場景，當大型黑色鑄鐵爐散發出熾熱的光芒，而冒著蒸氣的水壺在上面咻咻作響，為新的一天供應洗澡水、乾淨的襪子和早餐茶....
(Zoe)
Awards/获奖情况：「露絲·古德曼是生活史的女王－女王萬歲！」
──露西•沃斯利 Lucy Worsley，藝術史博士、BBC節目主持人、「歷史皇家宮殿基金會」（Historic Royal Palaces）總策展人，著有《如果房子會說話：家居生活如何改變世界》（繁體由左岸出版）
對露絲·古德曼的各界讚譽：
「大多數的歷史學家指示研究過去，但她是『活在』過去。」──歷史學家Gerard J. De Groot
「總是充滿風趣！」──觀察家報
「我遇過最有趣的古怪作者」──泰晤士報
「如果說過去是一個異國，因為當時的人們有不同的風土民情，那麼我們非常幸運有像Ruth Goodman這樣博學多聞的導遊。」──華爾街日報
‘Ruth is the queen of living history – long may she reign.’
Lucy Worsley
‘Ruth is the queen of living history – long may she reign.’
Lucy Worsley
About the Author/作者介绍： 露絲·古德曼（Ruth Goodman）是一位社會歷史學家，她是電視常客，常常出現在BBC 2最成功的節目中露面，她同時也是The One Show的固定專家主持人。她曾主持了許多英國廣播公司（BBC）系列節目，包括：維多利亞時代的農場，戰時農場，都鐸修道院農場以及最近的Full Steam Ahead。她著有多部好評大眾歷史書，包括：《如何當一個維多利亞時代的人》（How to be a Victorian）、《如何當一個都鐸王朝的子民》（How to be a Tudor）以及《如何像你文藝復興時期的祖先一樣不禮貌》（How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain）。
Ruth Goodman is a social historian and has presented a number of BBC series, including
Victorian Farm, Wartime Farm, Tudor Monastery Farm and, most recently, Full Steam
Ahead. She is also a regular expert presenter on The One Show. As well as the books
accompanying her many series, she has written the critically acclaimed How to be a
Victorian, How to be a Tudor and How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain. Ruth will be
available for PR.
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